Picture perfect weather Friday evening only made it that much more enjoyable as the Tigers took off in the second inning and over the next three innings made it look easy as they shut out the Shiprock Warriors 10-0 in five innings.
That was the first of a best of three in the first round of state tourney playoff action. Game two action started Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. to another great day. Again the boys started connecting while the Raton pitchers did their job. During Friday's game Blake Washburn racked up 10 strikeouts and Saturday morning Cam Baird followed with several of his own strikeouts.
Saturday's game took six innings but the Tigers did it once again with a 10-0 shut out while at the other end of the Raton sports complex the Lady Tigers walloped the softball for eight runs in the first inning against the Hatch Valley Lady Bears. The Lady Bears starting pitcher Rebecca Hays helped out the Lady Tigers with walks and she struck two batters for two scores in the inning. The next two innings were slow defensive battles then the Lady Tigers bats connected again this time for seven runs to end the game 15-0 in four innings.
The wins move both teams on to Rio Rancho for second round action. The girls will be at Rio Rancho field 3 Thursday at 10:00 a.m. where they will play West Las Vegas Lady Dons who have beat Raton three times in the regular season.
The boys will play Cobre at noon Thursday at Volcano Vista High School.
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| Mayor Charles Starkovich throws out the first pitch to start the ball game Friday afternoon. |
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| Its a picture perfect bunt except the umpire called Blake Washburn out as he stepped out of the batter's box |
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| Safe at home!! Dylan Query slides in safe as the Shiprock pitcher can't hang on to the ball Friday afternoon at Gabrielle Field |
for the girls its http://www.nmact.org/ then click on the link to the PDF Files for the brackets.
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